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Seven Movent am Lakes and a^score 
Sireams from a "Water sited of 
4.000 Square Miles flout Direct 
through the fertile SPOKANE 


Spokane River at Post Falls 
Portion of Water Supply of the Spokane Valley 





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A Full Bearing Orchard in the Spokane Valley 







Three-Year-Old Orchard in the Spokane Valley 


The Spokane Valley 

The Spokane Valley Has the Unique Distinction of Being the Only Established 
Commercial Apple Orchard District in the World Immediately Adjoining a 
City of the Hundred Thousand Class. Earning Capacity of the Land Places It 
Among the Big Business Successes of the Pacific Northwest. Residents Have 
All the Modern Conveniences of Metropolitan Life. 

By AUGUST WOLF 

COMMERCIALLY, the Spokane Valley may well be classed among the big 
business successes of the resourceful Pacific Northwest. The quality and 
quantity of its products has been demonstrated and its earning capacity is 
fully established. The physical features are: Climate, soil, water supply, magnifi¬ 
cent scenery, healthful environments, unexcelled transportation facilities, schools, 
churches, stores, telephones, electric lights and all the other conveniences of met¬ 
ropolitan life. Then, too, it has energetic and ambitious settlers, who take pride 
in their homes and are helpful to the newcomer. 

The Spokane Valley is a suburb of Spokane, which is conceded to be the 
most modern and best built city of its size in the world and is the greatest railroad 
center west of the Missouri River. It has all the advantages incident to the city’s 
progress as well as those connected with the development of the rapidly growing 
tributary country in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Its future is indeed 
bright, for the reason it is amply able to more than fulfill every promise made. In 
addition to a combination of attractive features, the Spokane Valley has the unique 



Motto: “I Have” 


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Five-Year-Old Wagener Apple Tree in the Spokane Valley 


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Harvesting Strawberries in the Spokane Valley 

distinction of being the only established commercial apple orchard district in the 
world immediately adjoining a city of the hundred thousand class. 

Land adjacent to a growing Western city, especially within reach by electric 
lines, has a value as suburban homes and as prospective residence or business 
property. The irrigated land in the Spokane Valley is in the line of the city’s 
natural growth, its picturesque surrounding scenery making it of value. There¬ 
fore, in addition to its earning ability, the land is attractive at present prices from 
an investment standpoint. 

The Spokane Valley is located in the eastern extreme of Spokane County and 
western Kootenai County, the former, according to a report by F. A, Huntley, state 
commissioner of horticulture, leading all other counties in Washington in the number 
of apple trees and in acreage planted to apple trees. Mr. Huntley says Spokane 
County has 1,894,881 apple trees, of which 1,299,805 are three years and under, 
and 595,076 four years and older. Thirty-four thousand four hundred and fifty- 
three acres of land in the county is devoted to apples. 

In every district, no matter how good, there are always reasons why some 
settlers may desire to sell their property. A highly improved fruit farm in the 
Spokane Valley is in a location where it can easily be made to attract the attention 
of thousands of people and, if for sale, it has far greater range of possible transfer 
at a good price than if isolated. This fact has greatly assisted many who have 
improved places with trees and attractive homes to sell at handsome profits, and few 
improved places ever remain long on the market, if offered at a reasonable figure. 

Superintendency is the keynote of success of the fruit land enterprise, and there 
are many who are competent to manage the work, but do not desire to do the actual 


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Home of David E. Sweeny in the Spokane Valley 


labor. To these the Spokane Valley offers an ideal home location, where they can 
direct the work of their fruit lands and also engage in other lines of work in the city. 

The cost of living in the city is necessarily higher than in the country, especially 
upon irrigated land, where most of the provisions can be produced from the soil. 
Office men with families find an opportunity in the Spokane Valley to secure at 
about the same cost as a city home a few acres and a home where they can live 
cheaper and can make their investment become a source of income and increased 
value The same investment will furnish as good a residence on a ten-acre tract 
as a single lot in a stylish addition in the city. 

A home in the Spokane Valley is convenient to lakes and mountains, which 
afford abundant diversion with rod and gun throughout the year, while the acre 
production will show gratifying returns upon the investment instead of a loss 
chargeable simply to living. The valley is visited annually by thousands of sight¬ 
seers and tourists. As an investment it is of the highest grade. 

The advantages of this location with regard to the marketing of the apple 
crop are many. It also solves the labor problem. Being a railroad center gives 
quick service to any territory without extra transfer charges, and also on account 
of the railroad competition insures the securing of cars promptly. Also, other 
things equal, the apple buyers would rather make their trips to a live city to do 
their buying than to some out-of-the-way country town. More buyers stop in Spo¬ 
kane than elsewhere. Spokane is a city of organized enterprise and its progressive 
business men do much to help the working of the growers’ associations of the valley. 

In all fruit districts there is a certain percentage of the apple crop which must 


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City and Country Combined in the Spokane Valley 


be classed as culls. These are sound apples and mostly free from worms or disease 
but are lacking in color, size and shape, thus putting them out of the fancy class. 
In an isolated district these apples are largely a matter of loss, as they will not pay 
for shipping. The Spokane Valley growers can sell all sorts of apples on the 
home market and in factories at a fair price, thus adding materially to the net return. 

The Spokane Valley solves the problem of what to do while the trees are 
growing into fruitage as in no other district. The majority of investors in apple 
lands prefer going upon the land at once. Many cannot afford to keep putting 
money into the investment without getting returns from crops. It is possible in 
most districts to have an orchard developed along fine lines by a competent com¬ 
pany, but it is not reasonable to expect returns from farming lands while the trees 
are growing. In the Spokane Valley it is not only possible to get good returns 
from crops grown between the trees, but many settlers have paid for their land and 
made an excellent living in that manner. The reason for this important factor in 
orchard development is home market for produce. 

The city of Spokane, with its 120,000 people, is the commercial, industrial and 
financial center of the Inland Empire, which consists of a rich mining country, 
employing thousands of men; a grain country, giving highly satisfactory returns to 
thousands of farmers, many of whom have made fortunes in wheat, and a wonderful 
timber country with numerous mills and factories. Factories and enterprises are 
coming in continually. Five hundred thousand people, it is estimated, are tribu¬ 
tary to and transact much of their business through the city. This number is increas¬ 
ing rapidly, as each line is capable of much development and affords openings for 
many new enterprises. 


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A Few of the Homes in the Irrigated Districts of the Spokane Valley 
Top, Skiles Bros. Center, W. A. Ridgway Bottom, D. M. Thompson 


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Before water was put upon this wonderfully rich country, fruits, vegetables and 
other perishable produce were largely shipped into Spokane from irrigated districts 
many miles away, and much of it was then reshipped to the mining, lumber and 
wheat growing sections. This caused high prices and stale supplies. Perishable 
produce must be raised near at hand to be the best for the market and to yield 
profit to the grower. 

Tomatoes, melons, sweet corn, potatoes, berries and grapes grown in the 
Spokane Valley are placed in the hands of the consumer within a few hours, thus 
obviating all loss from spoilage and high express or commission charges, and are in 
such pink of condition as to bring the highest prices. 

The demand is and always will be ahead of the supply, as the army of con¬ 
sumers is increasing more rapidly than the output of the valley. When the trees 
are in bearing, the between-crops are discontinued, so with new producers in the 
berry industry there are also those who are quitting it for the more profitable and 
easier apple business. 

To those who hesitate as to the permanency of the apple business, absolute 
confidence can be had as to the results the home market insures for all kinds of 
perishable produce, which always pays the largest acre returns. 

Briefly, the advantages of the Spokane Valley are: Its value as a suburban 
home, with a thriving center to furnish other employment, if desired; where one 
can live best and cheapest, being sure of securing necessary help, and, above all, 
where a produce business is established, bettering the average man’s condition from 
the time of his location. All this is contained in the district which has established 
itself as one of the best fancy apple producing countries in the Pacific Northwest. 


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School Buildings in the Orchard Districts, Spokane Valley 


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A Suburb of the Spokane Valley 



THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK 

Spokane Chamber of Commerce, 

Spokane, Washington. 

Gentlemen: We have watched with great interest the progress and development of the irrigated 
lands in the Spokane Valley, and have no hesitancy in recommending it as a first-class fruit district, 
as well as an ideal location for homes—as is testified by the thousands of people now located in the 
valley. Yours truly, C. E. McBROOM, Cashier. 


THE OLD NATIONAL BANK 

Spokane Chamber of Commerce, 

Spokane, Washington. 

Dear Sir: Since the first irrigation project was put into operation in the Spokane Valley, we have 
watched the development and progress that has been made. The prosperous farm life of the Valley 
is due entirely to the installation of irrigation systems and anyone wanting a farm home could not do 
better than to locate in the Spokane Valley. Yours truly, W. D. VINCENT, Cashier. 


THE FIDELITY NATIONAL BANK 

Spokane Chamber of Commerce, City. 

Gentlemen: We have watched with great interest the progress and development of the Irrigated 
Lands in the Spokane Valley, and have no hesitancy in recommending it as one of the best fruit 
districts in the Northwest, as well as an ideal location for summer homes. Our opinion is confirmed 
by the thousands of people now located in the valley. We believe this section has made good and 
will continue to grow and prosper in the future, and its possibilities have not as yet been reached. 

Yours truly, A. W. LINDSAY, Cashier. 


THE TRADERS NATIONAL BANK 

Spokane Chamber of Commerce, 

Spokane, Washington. 

Gentlemen: We have watched with interest the wonderful development of the Spokane Valley 
during the past ten years, and consider it to be one of the finest fruit sections in the state. Enjoying 
as it does an unexcelled climate, and possessing scenery of unsurpassed beauty, and a fertile soil, it 
makes an ideal location for the homeseeker. Very truly yours, CHAS. A. McLEAN, Cashier. 


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Seven-Hundred-Acre Commercial Apple Orchard in 1 


S POKANE, gateway of the Pacific Northwest, which made a gain in population amount¬ 
ing to 183.4 per cent from 1900 to 1910, is the second largest city in the state of 
Washington, and the financial, commercial and industrial center of the Inland Empire, 
which embraces 1 50,000 square miles of territory in eastern Washington and Oregon, north 
and central Idaho, western Montana and southeastern British Columbia. This tributary 
country has wonderful natural resources in agriculture, forest and mineral wealth and un¬ 
developed water power. 

Spokane’s achievements, from a straggling hamlet in 1881 to a metropolitan city of 
120,000 in 1912, ranking 48th in the list of the 100 principal cities of the United States, 
are things that appeal to the tourist and student of conditions and affairs, as well as to the 
manufacturer, investor and homeseeker. It has ample facilities for education and every 
denomination is represented in its churches. The surrounding country offers exceptional 
opportunities and advantages in almost every line of endeavor. 

Men of foresight, who have watched the development that is going forward in a 
masterly, unspeculative and far-seeing way, predict that Spokane will forever be the busi- 



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Birdseye View of Business Section of 














pokane Valley, Owned and Operated by G. E. Brown 


ness hub of the Inland Empire and the principal railroad center of the Pacific Northwest. 

Climate is one of the many valuable assets of Spokane. The four seasons are distinctly 
marked, but each is without the discomforts of extremes of heat or cold. The winters are 
short and mild and the summers long and pleasant. The average annual precipitation is 
17.5 inches, including melted snow. The mean average temperature is 48.1 degrees. 
Destructive winds are unknown and thunder storms are rare and never severe. In fact, 
there is no record of the loss of life or property due to meteorological conditions. 

There is no malaria nor original cases of consumption and no hay fever. The city’s 
water supply is from an inexhaustible underground flow, reached by deep wells. Its pure¬ 
ness and freedom from disease germs has been conclusively proved by hundreds of chemical 
and bacteriological examinations. It is cold enough for drinking purposes even in the 
warmest summer weather. The enormous water power of the Spokane River in and near 
the city more than counterbalances the lack of water transportation. The river has a fall 
of 1,280 feet within a distance of 100 miles, making possible the development of 400,000 
electrical horsepower. 



tie, the Progressive, Looking Northeast 


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Liberty Lake, a Spokane Summer Resort—One of the Sources of Water Supply for the Spokane Valley 






Some of the Conveniences of the Spokane Valley 


Cost of Tree Planting and Care 


E XPERIENCED fruit growers recommend the setting of one-year-old trees 
grown in local nurseries, though two-year-old trees are preferred by some. 
The first named are from three to four feet in height. The cost of planting 
is from 3 to 5 cents each, while the cost of apple trees ranges from $ 12 to $ 18 a 
hundred, according to age. Pear trees cost about $20 for one-year-old, and cherry 
trees average about $25 the hundred. The cost of preparing a tract for planting 
ranges from $8 an acre for land that has been cropped, to $20 an acre where it 
has not been broken. Other items of expense follow: 

First Year—The total cost of disking, harrowing, pinching of shoots and extra growths and 
irrigating, $7 an acre. 

Second Year—Plowing, $2.50; disking, 75 cents; harrowing five times, $2.50; pruning and 
pinching, $3; irrigating, $1.25; total, $10 an acre. 


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Harvesting the Cherry Crop in the Spokane Valley 


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Thousands of These Prolific Gardens in the Spokane Valley 


Third Year—Same as second year, with a possible small additional cost for pruning. 

Fourth Year—Cultivating, $5.75; pruning, $5; spraying, $3; irrigating, $1.25, total, $16 an acre. 
Total care for four years, $54.75 an acre; or $94.75 an acre, including the cost of preparing 
the land and furnishing and planting trees. 

The average range of production according to the age of the orchard of irri¬ 
gated land and market price of fruit follows: 

Apples—Yield from 200 to 2,000 boxes an acre and sell from 75 cents to $3 a box, or one bushel. 
Pears—Yield from 200 to 2,500 boxes an acre and sell from $1.25 to $2.75 a box of 40 pounds. 
Peaches—Yield from 200 to 2,000 boxes an acre and sell from 60 cents to $1.50 the box of 20 pounds. 
Cherries—Yield from 500 to 10,000 pounds the acre and sell from 3 cents to 10 cents a pound. 

Grapes—Yield from 800 to 3,500 baskets an acre and sell for 25 cents to 50 cents the basket of 5 pounds. 
Strawberries—Yield from 100 to 300 crates an acre and sell from $1.50 to $5 the crate of 24 boxes. 
Prunes and Plums—Yield from 500 to 4,000 boxes an acre and sell from 35 cents to $ 1.50 a box 20 pounds. 


The accompanying table gives details of what a well cultivated orchard acre 
may be expected to yield in the Spokane Valley, the statistics being based on the 
products of irrigated lands: 



Planted 

Distance 

Apart 

Trees per 
Acre 

Age of 
Trees 

Number of 
Boxes 
per Tree 

Quantity 
per Box 

Average 
Market Price 
per Box 

Apples 

24x24 

80 

7 years 

5 

50 lbs. 

$1.50 

Cherries . 

20x20 

108 

6 years 

10 

10 lbs. 

.80 

Pears 

16x16 

170 

6 years 

4 

40 lbs. 

1.25 

Peaches . 

16x16 

170 

5 years 

8 

20 lbs. 

.85 

Prunes and Plums . 

15x15 

193 

5 years 

5 

20 lbs. 

.50 


A box of apples equals a bushel. 


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of the Methods of Distributing Water on Land in the Spokane Valley 









We Raise “Spuds” Between the Trees in Spokane Valley 


Highest, lowest and average price per box paid to growers for fruits in the 


markets of Spokane: 


Highest 

Lowest 

Average 

Apples ..... 


$3.00 

$0.75 

$1.50 

Pears ...... 


2.75 

1 . 00 

1.25 

Peaches (early) .... 


1.50 

.60 

.85 

Peaches (mid-season) . 


1.25 

.60 

.85 

Peaches (late) .... 


1.50 

.60 

.85 

Qyinces ..... 


2.00 

1.00 

1.50 

Plums, crate .... 


1.50 

.35 

.50 

Cherries (early) . . . , 


2.00 

.75 

1.00 

Cherries (mid-season) . 


.80 

.50 

.60 

Cherries (late) .... 


2.00 

.85 

1.00 

Grapes, crate (foreign) 


2.25 

1.50 

1.75 

Grapes, basket (local) 


.50 

.25 

.40 

Raspberries, crate 


3.50 

1.75 

2.50 

Strawberries, crate 


5.00 

1.50 

2.25 

Currants, crate .... 
The cost of production 

.2.50 

is approximately as follows: 

1.50 

1.75 

Shooks, per box 

$0.15 

Nailing, per box 


o 

s 

Picking, per box 

.06 

Hauling, per box 


.03 

Packing, per box 

Sorting, per box 

.05^ 

.05 

Orchard work, per box 


.07 

Paper, per box 

.01 

Total 


$0.43% 


Cost of cultivation, including labor and material, also pruning, spraying, 
materials and time, is about $1 50 the season for a 10-acre tract of trees at six years 
of age. The cost will increase thereafter at 20 per cent a year. The cost for 
growing apples is from seven to eight cents a box, or a total cost of 50 cents for 
every expense for labor and material involved in cultivating, grading and packing 
fruit, including every possible contingency. 


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Fancy Apples Command Markets of the World 


O CCASIONALLY one hears there is danger of over-production in the orchard 
districts of America. These statements usually are made by persons who 
are wholly uninformed as to the apple situation. They might as well say 
the time is near at hand when the grain fields will produce too much wheat or corn. 

There is a ready foreign market, to say nothing of the demands of the large 
centers in the United States and Canada, for all the apples we can produce for 
many years to come. Because of their flavor, color, size, uniformity and freedom 
from pests and disease, the high-grade apples grown in the Spokane country sell 
at fancy prices in the open market in competition with like products from any 
place in the world. 

The following table shows there has been a heavy decrease in the production 
of commercial apples in the United States during the last seventeen years: 


Year 

Barrels 

Year 

Barrels 

1895 

. 60,453,000 

1904 

. 45,360,000 

1896 

. 69,070,000 

1905 

24,310,000 

1897 

. 41,536,000 

1906 . . 

38,280,000 

1898 

. 28,570,000 

1907 

. 29,540,000 

1899 

. 58,466,000 

1908 

. 25,450,000 

1900 

. 56,820,000 

1909 

. 22,735,000 

1901 

. 26,970,000 

1910 

24,000,000 

1902 

. 46,625,000 

1911 (estimated) . 

. 23,000,000 

1903 

. 46,625,000 




Regarding this diminution in production, due chiefly to diseased orchards, ex¬ 
hausted soil, unsuitable locations, climatic conditions and neglect in the eastern 
and central states, The Fruit Grower of St. Joseph, Missouri, remarks: 

“The tendency has been downward all the time. It is not hard to understand 
the cause of the decrease. Most of the apple trees of the country are planted by 
farmers who use part of their land for the orchard, and the rest of their acreage 
is devoted to general farm crops. As long as the fruit trees bore crops of good 
fruit of their own will, these farmers had fruit to sell. As the enemies of apple 
culture increased, and a hard fight must be made to save the trees and fruit from 
insects and disease, these farmers have had less and less fruit to sell year after year. 
When an effort is required to grow apples, they cease to grow them, and their 
orchards have become unproductive.” 

Professor H. E. Van Deman, a noted pomologist and judge at national apple 
shows, says: 

“If the business of apple growing should be overdone in the United States, it 
by no means follows that the intelligent and careful fruit grower in the Pacific 
states would be put out of a profitable business. The evidence multiplies on every 
hand that a grade of apples is raised on the Pacific slope, and especially in the 
arid and semi-arid sections, that cannot be duplicated anywhere. 

“Today trainloads and shiploads move from American orchards to our great 
centers of trade and across the ocean to England and other parts of Europe. Asia 
is calling for apples and getting some, but not a tithe of what will go there in the 
near future. Even Australia is taking thousands of boxes of our best apples and is 
calling for more. 

“Our highest grade of American apples cannot be duplicated on the face of 
the earth, so we have the world as a market for our best products. The railroads 
and steamship lines are ready and glad to take our fruits to the ends of the earth. 
The person, then, who looks for this business to speedily become unprofitable does 
not understand the situation. The ‘calamity howler’ may scare some people, but 
not the intelligent fruit grower who understands the situation.” 


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What Settlers Say of the Valley 

Settlers are enthusiastic in their praise of the productivity of the soil in the 
Spokane Valley. Lack of space will not permit of the publication of more than a 
few of the scores of letters received in answer to requests for definite information 
regarding yields and profits, as follows: 

C. B. Sawyer—My five-year-old orchard yielded 2,000 boxes of commercial apples this season. 

1 have 895 trees, which makes an average of almost two and a quarter boxes to the tree. 

A. G. Janosky—From 200 three-year-old peach trees in 1911 I harvested 700 boxes of fruit, 
which sold at an average of 53 cents a box. The yield is small in comparison to what it will be in 
a few years. 

George S. Felts—One hundred and fifty four-year-old trees yielded, in 1911, 156 boxes of 
apples, which I sold at an average of $1.70 a box. A half acre of blackberries netted $141 and from 
one row of 200 feet I sold $28.20 worth of fruit, in addition to what was used on the table and for 
canning. Three-eighths of an acre of strawberries netted $171. 

S. E. Kelsey—From 300 four-year-old trees I received, in 1910, 250 boxes of fancy apples and 
400 boxes in 1911. These apples are Rome Beauty, Wagener, Jonathan and Winter Banana. Fifteen 
boxes of the smallest size sold at $1.25 a box, and the rest ranged from $1.50 to $2.75 a box, practi¬ 
cally all of the Winter Banana apples bringing the latter price. The average is about $1.80 a box for 
the entire crop. 

B. E. Schmidt—I harvested from 344 four-year-old trees a total of 1,000 boxes of commercial 
apples of the finest quality in 1910. From 122 peach trees four years old in 1910 I sold 550 boxes 
and in 1911 from the same trees I gathered 1,450 boxes, which sold at an average of 65cabox. From 
the same number of apple trees in 1911 I marketed 750 boxes of apples at a good profit. These 
yields have settled any question which I might have had as to the profits in the orchard industry. 
In addition to the profits, the climate and conveniences which we enjoy make the Spokane Valley 
the best place for a home that I have been able to find after spending considerable money and time 
in looking for a location. 

F. D. Moore—I bought five acres of an old orchard in May, 1906. It had been planted and 
grown 17 years without irrigation. Water was put on in 1905. The first year it yielded 675 boxes; 
second, 800; third, 1,300; fourth, 1,500; fifth, 2,000; sixth, 1,000. While the majority of the trees in 
this orchard are not standard apples it has paid a big return on a valuation of $1,000 to 1,200 an acre. 
If the whole orchard had been Winesaps and they had done as well as the 21 trees I have of that 
variety my profits would have been more than double. I also have a young orchard coming into 
bearing which I have been asked to put a price on a number of times, but have refused to sell as I 
know of no other place that has the combination of profit and home features which we enjoy here. 

J. B. Felts—From 360 trees, three years from planting, I picked 125 boxes of fancy commercial 
apples in 1910. I sold them on the local market at $1.50 a box. In 1911 from the same trees and 
from 40 more three years old I picked 400 boxes, which I sold on the local market for from $1.50 to 
$2 a box. Judging from present indications these trees will yield an average of two and a half 
boxes each in 1912, which will be the fifth year from planting. The greatest trouble I have had and 
will have, I think, is to keep the trees from overbearing. In the two years my trees have borne it has 
been necessary to thin the fruit more than 50 per cent. While my orchard now is so large that I am 
compelled to quit raising berries and truck between the tree rows, I have found it profitable. For 
instance, from an acre of dewberries in 1909 I received $332; in 1910, $379.45, and in 1911, $307.60; a 
total of $1,019.05. These are net figures, as we have deducted the cost of picking on the fruit handled 
by the family and the hired help. In addition to the profit that may be made I can truthfully say 
that I know of no other district which has such home comforts, healthful climate and convenience to 
a large city as are found here. 

Additional information regarding the Spokane Valley may be obtained free of 
cost by addressing the growers named in the foregoing, the Spokane Chamber of 
Commerce, heads of Spokane banks or the firms named on the map insert in this 
booklet. Visitors also are cordially invited to visit the permanent exhibit in the 
Chamber of Commerce Building, where grains, grasses, roots and fruits are on display. 


Twenty-One 





Hauser, Newman 


and Liberty Lakes, Some of the Sources of Spokane Valley’s Water Supply, 
Affording Ideal Environments for Residents of the Valley 


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Twin, Coeur d’Alene and Hayden Lakes, Among the Beautiful Mountain Lakes Which Aid in 
Irrigating Spokane Valley and are Ideal Fishing Resorts 


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SPOKANE VALLEY LANDS FOR SALE BY THESE FIRMS 

Spokane Valley Irrigated Land Co. $ £ asadena Pa ' k . West Farms, East 
a\c it r*i i 1 Careenacres, Careenacres, Otis Or- 

415 Hutton Block (chards. East Farms. 

James A. McLane & Co., 405 Sprague Ave., Post Falls Irrigated Tracts 

Opportunity-V era Land Co., 403 Sprague Ave., Opportunity & Vera 

Spokane Valley Com. Orchard Co 
C. S. Argo, 620 Paulsen Bldg. 

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 


/ Spokane Valley Com. Orchards 
) Chilco Tracts 


Neely & Young, Paulsen Bldg. . . Orchard Avenue & Millwood 
Ham, Yearsley & Ryrie, Hutton Blk. . . Grandview & Liberty Lake 

The Peirce Investment Co., Spokane & Opportunity Wash. . Treloma 
Spokane Valley Orchard Homes Co., Paulsen Bldg. . Orchard Homes 

Otis Orchard Co., Realty Bldg. . . Otis Orchards 

R. A. Hutchinson, Realty Bldg.Hutchinson’s Add. 

K. J. Hanley, Old Nat’l Bank Bldg.Dalton Gardens 


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